Example Sentences

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He drew a swift breath, caught by his own vehemence, his eyes never leaving the unchildish ones opposite.

From The Game and the Candle by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

He faced Margaret, his eyes shrewd with unchildish wisdom.

From A Girl of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

After a while Mr. Clerke ceased to be put out by my asking strange unchildish questions which he was not always able to answer.

From A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son by Wheelhouse, M. V.

When, on the occasion of this visit, she was brought to the drawing-room—a strikingly pretty child in a curiously unchildish way—she already showed marks of the machinery that ordered her life.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

From that time she would be put up every day, and as time went on showed such unchildish courage and spirit that she furnished to her servant companions a new pastime. 

From A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson